Movable turntable for railways



. Feb. 19, 1929.

G. A. SCHOELLEI R MOVABLE TURNTABLE FOR RAILWAYS Filed Dec. 31, 1926Fig.1

Patented Feb. 19, 1929.

(UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE,

GUSTAVE AnoLrHEsoHoELLEnjor HEILNITZ, FRANCE.

MOVABLE TURNTABLE FOR; RAILwAYs.

Application filed December 31, 1926, Serial No. 158,385, and in FranceJanuary 1 8, 1926 In certain workings or industries, as in the workingof mines, it is necessary to secure the runnmg off the ra11sof thetrucks or waggons, their change of track orv their passage overothertracks; the plan conceived for carrying out these handlings conthatare put on the sleepers of the lines be-- tween the rails, and ofironscalled derailers that are placed, at will, in the space between Ithe platform and the. rail.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan-view and Figure 2 a vertical section of the turntablefor two parallel tracks; Figure 3 a vertical view and Figure 4 a planview of a derailer.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The platforms are constituted of fiat or striated iron plates forming afloor-- ing t fixed on a base of metal or wood,

giving to the whole a height equal or near that of the rail 9 In thisway the platform has only to be put on-the sleepers of the track for theupper part of the sheet to be at level with the upper part of the railhead.

On the sides of the platforms parallel coming opposite the Web of therail.

WVedges 0 put between the web of the rail and the edge of the platform,at the end of the latter, in the notch, fix the platform within thetrack.

The base of the platforms is less broad than the sheet t so as to allowthem to be put on the sleepers without being hindered by the foot oftherails, theclamps or the screw spikes.

The sheet of the platform to be placed between two tracks has a widthequal to the space between the. edges of the rails between which it hasto be placed. The sheet of the platform to be placed in the middle ofthe track is less broad than the space between the rails, so as to allowthe passage of the flanges of the wheels. The width may be reduced attheends to avoid the knock of the flanges against the sheet; Theaccessories necessitated for the ban with the rails and at their ends,are notches dling on theturntable, such as, angle bars, I

At last, on thesides of he sheet parallel guides, stop abutments andpulleys for cables are fixed on the platforms.

with the rails are notches e. designedto receive the lug d fixing thederailer, I The notch may be replaced by a lug and then it is thederailer that bears a notch in which comes the lug.

The derailer is a simple T-iron, f Figures 3 and 4:, sufliciently broadfor being placed, one wing Z "between the platform situated in themiddle of the track'andthe rail, and the two other wings m? and "Fm/resting the one on the head of the rail, the other on the platform. One(this is the case on Figures 3 and it) or both ends of the T-iron arebent as at k so as to wheel that is in this way, conducted over the headoft-he rail; the bent end can be arranged so as to lean on the foot ofthe rail. The wings m and m are notched in this part of the T-iron toallow this iron to be lodged easily between the rail and the platform.

The length of the T-iron resting on the platform is in preference higherthan the wheel base of the trucks.

At the noncurved end or at another place of the T-iron one of the wingsm is notched and raised as at a to provide a handle for removing theT-iron. The other wing m is simply notched to receive the lug of theplatform, or is notched ascend for trucks on the platforms where r theyhave to be handled." This platform may be used for simple crossings oftracks,

or for securing the passage of trucks from one track to another. Severalplatforms can be put one after-another if the length of one alone is notsufficient.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the details ofconstruction herein shown and described, as theymay be vari- 2. Aderailing device, according to the claim 1, wherein the platform sidesbeing groved, allow them to be blocked in the track with wedges.

3. A (lei-ailing device, according to the claim 1, consisting of aT-iron whose one wing is placed between the platform and the rail, andthe two other wings resting the one on the head of the rail, the otheron the platform, and whose end is bent so as to present a low gradient,and notched to allow this iron to be lodged easilybetween the rail andthe platform.

GUSTAVE ADOLPHE SCHOELLER. I:

